Top official resigns after false missile alert in Hawaii

Associated Press by way of Yahoo! ^ | 1/30/2018 | Audrey McAvoy

[Rebelbase]

Only took 4 posts!

[SaveFerris]

Woohoo!

Can never let Mr. Miyagi get aware with a false Ballistic Missile Alert!

[Rusty0604]

I noticed that immediately Hawaii congresspeople and many others blamed Trump and his handling of North Korea for the panic. Almost made me look for some tin foil.

[Vince Ferrer]

When I first heard of this, I thought it might be a prank as a way to test Trump. My opinion gradually changed when I saw a screen shot of the menu, which I had to admit, could cause an accidental alarm if the operator was not careful. But now with four people losing their jobs, I might be back to the deliberate false alarm theory.

[ilovesarah2012]

Worker Who Sent Hawaii False Alert Thought Missile Attack Was Imminent

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/30/581853255/hawaii-missile-drill-stated-this-is-not-a-drill-resulting-in-false-alert

[Flick Lives]

The worker, who was fired Friday and whose name has not been revealed, has confused real-life events and drills in the past, the state said in a report. His poor performance has been documented for years, and other members of the team say they were not comfortable working with him in any role.

We were initially told it was a "glitch". It's a human error. It's almost always a human error.

[Cold Heart]

If the lower levels are fired (or prosecuted) for following orders from upper level political overseers, the problem will self correct.

[hardspunned]

I call BS on this revised story. This moron somehow thought he could get the blame laid off onto Trump. That’s why he planned and executed the warning.

[SuperLuminal]

Maybe just another ISIS dry run...

[libertylover]

"There were no procedures in place to prevent a single person from mistakenly sending a missile alert" in Hawaii,

Incredible!

[TigersEye]

“””The worker, who was fired Friday and whose name has not been revealed, has confused real-life events and drills in the past, the state said in a report. His poor performance has been documented for years, and other members of the team say they were not comfortable working with him in any role.”””

Holy frijoles! Well, Hawaii is run by Democrats so...

[animal172]

No way. No how this was an accident.

[Daniel Ramsey]

Just imagine say offhand about 20 years ago when having a cellphone was more of a luxury instead of an addictive social communications tracker.

Even if the sirens went off it wouldn’t really have created a panic.

I say just turn off the incoming missile warning, keep the tsunami and others.

Just take care of the problem instead of buildin bandaid factories and offended snowflake recuperating societies.

[yldstrk]

well it’s about damn time

[PAR35]

Yes, when the guy started stonewalling, it was clear that it wasn’t an accident.

[SunkenCiv]

Gee, that didn't take long. I'm sure there'll be plenty of coverage too. Thanks Menehune56.

[T-Bone Texan]

"There is no try nuclear false alarm. There is only do nuclear false alarm."